From: John Covici <covici@ccs.covici.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to test package install?
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 22:37:50 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3k1ve6hyp.wl-covici@ccs.covici.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180215023750.rbva7yn3dweqs35d@matica.foolinux.mooo.com>
On Wed, 14 Feb 2018 21:37:50 -0500,
Ian Zimmerman wrote:
>
> I'm trying to test my package by running "ebuild /path/to/pkg.ebuild
> install". Naturally (for me) I do this as an unprivileged user, not as
> root. It fails because at least some steps such as dobin need to give
> away ownership of the files being installed. I tried to run the whole
> thing including compilation under fakeroot but that doesn't help.
>
> If it is relevant (but I don't think it is) my user _is_ in the portage
> group.
>
> What is the accepted or usual way to do this task?
Usually installs are always done as root -- because there is always
something like what you have described.
--
Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is:
How do
you spend it?
John Covici wb2una
covici@ccs.covici.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-02-15 3:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-02-15 2:37 [gentoo-user] How to test package install? Ian Zimmerman
2018-02-15 3:37 ` John Covici [this message]
2018-02-15 7:15 ` Alan McKinnon
2018-02-15 8:20 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-15 22:39 ` Andreas K. Huettel
2018-02-15 23:21 ` [gentoo-user] " Ian Zimmerman
2018-02-17 2:12 ` Andreas K. Huettel
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